This blog is devoted to the 1st Queensland sideface stamps (1878/9-1881), a fascinating aspect of Queensland philately. It is a work in progress and aims for comprehensiveness. There were five issues, 1d reddish brown / scarlet, 2d blue, 4d yellow, 6d green and 1 shilling violet / lilac, also a 1d overprint and 1d stamp duty. The stamps come from my and other collections, Ebay, Queensland Stamp Collecting Facebook Group, Stampboards.com & auctions. Contact:jeremy2929@gmail.com.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Queensland 1d. stamp duty - postally used

From 1 January 1880 to 1 July 1892 all Queensland revenue stamps were able to be used postally. However from 1 January 1880 the 1d duty stamp was superceded by the 1d 1st sideface postage stamp, which was also valid for duty and revenue purposes. From 1 January 1880 no more 1d duty stamps were printed. Therefore very few of these stamps were postally used. Some that were were probably for philatelic purposes rather than genuine postal usage. Some of the so called postal cancels are forgeries, usually identified by being "socked on the nose", i.e., too perfectly centeredHere are some examples postally used as well as those that have forged cancels. For covers, see here:

Barred numeral 391, allocated to Beta (1885 - 1887) and then Rockhampton. So probably philatelic in origin. Seen on the Internet

Postally used examples from Dave Elsmore, including ray type numeral no 214, Toowoomba

Photocopy of nine postally used examples from Ken Scudder's collection. Includes barred numerals 59 (Townsville), 308 (Tunnel (1879-80) or Withersfield (1880-81, 1887 +)) and 391 (similar to the one shown elsewhere in this post and reinforcing its probable philatelic origin), as well as a Brisbane cancellation

Cancelled at Bowen. Seen on EbayForgeries

Forged Brisbane general post office (GPO) obliterator cancellation on a forged bisect. From the collection of Dave Elsmore